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Arab mediators reach deal to end Lebanon violence

Gunmen wound two Iranian diplomats in Baghdad

(Nigeria) Oil pipeline bombing reported in Nigeria - Fourth in one week

(Colombia) Interpol backs Colombia in case of rebel laptop - Download 102-page report and see May 12 posts by Jonathan Winer's (first and second) and Douglas Farah and March 19 CT Blog panel on FARC & Chavez

(India) Jaipur blasts: Sketches of 4 suspects released - Four between 18 and 25 - see video from Times of India and Terror mail traced to UP cafe, Jaipur cops say holes in videoclip

(U.S.) Army's Next Crop of Generals Forged in Counterinsurgency and Army Colonel Says U.S. Needs Better Focus in the War on Terror

Iraq: Bomb targets Baghdad mayor -- killing one escort and wounding seven others

(Iraq) Seven killed in overnight Baghdad fighting

(Iraq) Along the Sadr City wall, cease-fire means nothing

Iraqi forces on al-Qaida hunt in Mosul

(Iraq) 2 Baghdad attacks attributed to teenagers kill 11 others - on Wednesday -- and -- Report: US army detains 500 minors in Iraq

(Afghanistan) Burqa-clad suicide bomber kills 16 in Afghanistan -- 4 police killed - Taliban takes responsibility for blast in Farah province's Delaram district

(Afghanistan) UN: Foreign agents behind spate of Afghan killings - secret raids killing civilians

(Pakistan) NATO concerned over Pakistan border deals -- and -- Safe havens leading to more Taliban attacks: NATO

(Pakistan) Army, Taliban swap prisoners - 12 security personnel swapped for over 30 Taliban prisoners

(Pakistan) Top Taliban leader vows revenge on America after alleged missile strike in Pakistan -- Faqir Mohammed: "This is jihad for us, and we fully know the price we have to pay for fighting aggressors"

(Pakistan) Update: Over 15 killed in missile attack on Pakistani tribal agency - in Bajaur tribal agency - brother of Taliban's Mullah Obaidullah reportedly killed -- and -- Pakistani militants accuse US of missile attack

(Pakistan) Militants attack police post in Pakistani city - Sapheen police checkpost in Badhaber area of Peshawar city

(Pakistan) Police arrest three terrorists - near Lahore railway station -- and -- Tribal elder killed in ambush

(Pakistan) 30 madrassa students arrested for child militancy in Swat -- One detainee says Fazlullah and his spokesman forced him to wear suicide jacket

(Pakistan) Music shop owners warned of suicide attacks in Quetta

(Pakistan) Lal Masjid's Maulana Aziz gets bail in all but one case -- in Pakistan anti-terrorism court

Pakistan To Deport Al-Qaeda-Linked Arab Princes

(India) Jaipur Bombings: Indian police probe bombing leads -- Jaipur blasts email link traced -- and -- India braces for surge in terror

(India J&K) Infiltration bid foiled along LoC

(India Assam) Eleven killed in India's restive northeast

(India) Maoists shoot three in Jharkhand

(U.S.) Terror threat from South Asia still top US concern -- including Pakistan and Afghanistan

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Accused September 11 planners set for court

(U.S.) Toledo Terror Trial: FBI agent testifies about arrest interview, evidence collection

(U.S.) Guantanamo official says he's not resigning - Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann

(U.S.) Homeland Security trains for presidential transition

(U.S.) Nuclear lab fails terrorist exercise -- at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California

(U.S.) IPT News: Myrick Urges President to Press Saudi Reform

(UK) The media's warnings of extremism were right

(UK) Police call for notes about ex-extremist - police have requested that four media outlets hand over notes of interviews with the reformed Islamic extremist Hassan Butt

(UK) Report: Heathrow passengers left unchecked -- reports states security breaches at Heathrow Terminal 5

Iran says nuclear talks with U.N. watchdog positive -- and --Bush says nuclear Iran would be 'unforgivable'

(Lebanon) Hezbollah says it will return Lebanon to "normal" -- after govt backs off decisions -- Hezbollah ready for dialogue -- and -- Cabinet climbdown a coup for Hezbollah

Hamas attacks Nahel Oz military post

(Israel) 15 wounded as Grad rocket strikes Ashkelon shopping mall

(Israel) Kassam strikes open area in western Negev

Algeria: Army corners suspected al-Qaeda members -- in al-Balida province

(Somalia) Islamist leader says Somalia talks waste of time

Somalia: More Civilians Arrested for Alleged Links to Ethiopia Rebels

Nigeria: Militants Seize U.S. Vessel in Niger Delta - update - belonging to American oil giant, Chevron

Mauritania: Between Islamism And Terrorism

(Switzerland/Austria) Extremists target Euro 2008 -- and -- Al-Qaeda 'is planning to attack Euro 2008' -- see Lorenzo Vidino May 15 posting

(Germany) Islamic terrorism a threat to Germany, report says -- see also AKI report

(Spain) ETA car bomb intended to be a massacre, says minister

(Spain) Thousands of Spaniards demonstrate against ETA terrorism

(Northern Ireland) Suspected IRA dissidents arrested in connection with bomb attack

(Canada) Computer held by Khadr's sister contains al-Qaeda files, RCMP say

(Canada) Passport theft in Canada increasing dramatically

(Thailand) Informant shot dead in Narathiwat -- while riding his ice cream cart

(Philippines) Fighting between MILF, gov't erupts in Basilan-- see also AP report

Australian army officer jailed for selling rocket launchers to terror-linked dealer

(Sri Lanka) At least 25 killed in Sri Lanka's restive north

(North Korea) US envoy to meet with Japanese, SKorean counterparts on North Korea

(Venezuela) U.S. tells Venezuela to explain ties to FARC rebels

(Venezuela) Chavez warns Colombia not to allow U.S. base

Pakistani militants killed in air strike - US strike on Bajaur house & compound used by suspected al-Qaeda killed at least 12

Lebanese Cabinet reverses decisions - Decisions to fire airport security chief for Hezbollah ties and declare their phone network illegal

(Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 20 west of Baghdad: police

Two arrested after India bomb blasts kill 63 (update) and We did it, terror outfit brags in video - Little-known Indian Mujahideen claimed Jaipur bombings with video clips - see Animesh Roul's May 13 post

Gaza rocket strikes Israeli city, 14 wounded

(Iraq) Baghdad fighting kills 7, but city calmer -- US troops search in Baghdad's Sadr City -- and -- MNF soldier killed in explosion in Baghdad

(Iraq) Blast near Islamic Party in Baghdad wounds eight people - in Baghdad

Iraq forces launch fresh drive against Al-Qaeda -- Iraq PM in Mosul to direct al Qaeda offensive

(Afghanistan) 13 Taliban, 2 police killed in clashes in southern Afghanistan

Afghan teacher killed after speech condemning suicide bombings

(Afghanistan) Taliban resisting southern Afghan operation: US Marines

Afghanistan seeks $50 billion in aid -- despite growing criticism that aid money is being wasted

Afghan Police Arrest Two Pakistanis With Explosives

(Pakistan) Militants behead 'US spy' in Pakistani tribal area - outside Naurak village in North Waziristan

(Pakistan) Taliban invite Pakistan govt, military, people to join hands against US -- and -- Jamaat-e-Islami Leader: U.S. Is Eternal Enemy Of Islam And Pakistan

Pakistan "thins out" troops in Waziristan for pact

(Pakistan) NWFP Govt agrees to enforce Shariah in Malakand -- to meet Taliban demand for Shariah implementation -- Breakthrough claimed in talks with Swat militants - demands for Sharia in Swat -- and -- Government agrees on role for Islamic law in northwest Pakistan courts

(Pakistan) Soldier killed in Bajaur attacks

(Pakistan) Prisoner swap ahead of peace deal with militants

Pakistan violates truce with India, fires at Indian troopers

(India J&K) Two Pakistan-based insurgents including top Lashkar commander killed in Kashmir

(India) Jaipur: Curfew imposed on Indian city after bombings kill 80

(India) Jaipur blasts: Woman bomber suspected -- Jaipur blasts: RDX used, Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) suspected -- Four persons detained in connection with Jaipur blasts -- Two arrested -- India blast has hallmarks of Al Qaeda

(India) Terror spreading to Hindi heartland: BJP

(India) Chronology of major bomb attacks in India

(U.S.) Detroit: Nada Prouty spared jail, fined in conspiracy case -- held key jobs in CIA and FBI - faced jail for unauthorized access to FBI computers on terror investigations of family -- investigations were linked to Hezbollah terror group

(U.S.) Toledo terror trial: Marwan El-Hindi denied charges, agent testifies in Toledo terror trial

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Attorney - Alleged 9/11 plotter works with defense -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed not boycotting trial

(U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: More members of the military turn against the terror trials

(U.S.) Defense Secretary Gates rejects Pentagon's tendency toward 'Next-War-itis'

(UK) July 7 Bomb Trial: 'To-do list' reveals plan for 7/7 attacks

(UK) MPs: Longer terror limit 'unnecessary'

Iran arrests 15 over mosque blast

(Iran) U.S. says Iran security pledge not on table in atom row

(Iran) Ahmadinejad says Israel doomed -- 'Celebrations won't stop Israel's death' -- and -- Australia: Government may pursue Iran for inciting hatred - in the International Court of Justice

Iran says it foiled attack on Russian consulate

(Lebanon) Hizbullah hands positions to army after clashes

(Lebanon) Following Closure of Future TV by Lebanese Army and Hizbullah, Lebanese TV Presenter Sahar Al-Khatib Blasts Opposition Leaders -- and -- Lebanon's Future TV Back on Air

(Lebanon) Arab Delegation Due in Beirut to Try to Broker Solution

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